間ま切ぎり

noun

sailing windward; beating to windward

Nautical term for sailing against the wind by tacking.

• 帆はん船せんは間ま切ぎりを繰くり返かえして風かざ上かみへ進すすんだ。

  The sailing ship repeatedly beat to windward to make progress upwind.

noun

magiri; administrative division in the Ryukyu Kingdom

Historical term for a land division in the Ryukyu Kingdom, roughly equivalent to a modern prefecture but the size of a city or town. Cross-referenced with 村.

See also: 村

• 琉りゅう球きゅう王おう国こくでは、間ま切ぎりは村むらの上じょう位いの行ぎょう政せい区く画かくだった。

  In the Ryukyu Kingdom, magiri were administrative divisions above villages.